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(No Model.)

D. H. GREENE. PACKAGE FOR SOAP POWDER, &c

Patented Jan. 9, 1894.

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE,

DAVID H. GREENE, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PACKAGE FOR SOAP POWDER, 800.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,581, dated January 9, 1 894.

Application filed July 21,1893. Serial No- 481,132. (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. GREENE, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages for,

marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to packages, more particularly to paper packages designed for containing powdered soap or other pulverulent material, and has for its object to provide a package of the kind mentioned, preferably of a pyramidal form, formed with flaps at its base or enlarged end adapted to close over the material after the package has been filled through the enlarged end and provided atits discharge end with a stay and protecting plate, said plate serving at all times to stay or brace the paper sides of the package at its discharge end against lateral pressure which might tend to collapse the package at that end and also serving to afford a rigid and durable mouth at the discharge endof the package so that water or moisture will have no injurious effect such as would tend to soften and break the walls of the package at the gischarge end which would destroythe serv ceableness of the package and subject its contents to serious deterioration.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be specifically defined by the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof.

Figure l is a perspective of the package, showing by dotted lines the flaps to the filling end of the package opened; Fig. 2 a vertical section through the' upper part of the package; and Fig. 3 a perspective of the protectin g and strengthening plate.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the package which is preferably made of paper and of the pyramidal form illustrated which admits of a greater number being packed in abox than if otherwise formed and at the same time renders the same easier of handling and manipulation as it presents an oblong base to be grasped by the hand in manipulating the package in distributing its contents through the discharge end.

The blank for the package will be so shaped and creased that it will assume the shape illustrated when folded at the creases, and will have flaps 2 at its base so that when the flaps are unfolded the package can be filled from the bottom after which the flaps will be folded so as to hold the contents in the pack- The meeting edges of the package will be secured in any of the well known Ways for securing the edges of packages made of paper or card board.

The apex of the pyramid will be the discharge end of the package and will be formed of a plate 3, preferably of tin or other suit able metal, so as to form a firm, rigid mouth or discharge end to the package at all times and thus ofier a strong resistance to external forces calculated otherwise to seriously impair or completely destroy the usefulness of the package. This plate is formed with a discharge orifice i which is provided with a closing stopper or cap, which may be a screw cap 5 adapted to engage with a threaded collar 6 formed around the discharge orifice. The plate is provided with depending lips or flanges 8 and 9, the former of which may fit inside of the package to bear against two opposite walls thereof While the other flanges or lips may lie outside of the other two walls of the package as illustrated. These lips or flanges stifien and brace the sides of the paper package below the apex or mouth of the package so as to prevent the same from collapsing and also afford a rigid edge around the discharge end of the package. It is preferred to have two of the flanges lie inside of the package to provide them with lips or tongues 10 to pass through the side walls of the pack age and then turned over so as to secure the plate to the package, and to have the other lips lie outside of the other two walls thus causing the upper edges of those two walls to IOO than they otherwise would be while at the same time guarding against the possibility of the edges of the flanges cutting the corners. This feature is illustrated in dotted lines.

By providing the discharge end of the package with the rigid plate formed with the dis charge orifice there is no danger of water or moisture impairing the integrity of the package during use and the powder can be sifted through the discharge orifice direct to the point where it is to be applied without the exercise of unusual care and without fear of the package being seriously injured. The rigid lips or flanges of the plate also make it possible to strike the edge of the packing against any object for the purpose of facilitating the discharge of the powderwithoutliability of breaking the package at the discharge end. The application of the brace and protecting plate as described also strengthens the box against pressure lengthwise as well as against sidewise pressure. The walls or some of them bear against the inside face of the plate and the latter is caused to resist lengthwise pressure whereby the life of the box is greatly prolonged. The package besides being strong in construction and durable in use is cheap to manufacture and afiords a most efficient package for containing pnlverulent material such especially as soap powders and the like. I have described with particularity what I consider to be the best form and construction vided at its opposite discharge end with a rigid stay and protecting plate of material different from the body of the package and covering the small end of the package and having a discharge orifice, and a closure for the same, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A package for pnlverulent material formed of paper or similar material provided at its discharge end with an orificed rigid end plate covering the end of the package and formed with depending flanges bearing against the side walls of the package tostilfen the same, tongues to the flanges entering the walls of the package to secure the plate permanently in position, and a closure for the orifice in the plate, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. A package for pnlverulent material having its body formed of paper or similar material and provided with separable paper flaps at one end to close the filling-opening therein, and a metallic plate applied to permanently cover the other end and formed with a discharge orifice and having depending flanges bearing against opposite side walls of the package to brace the same, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID H. GREENE.

Witnesses:

J AMES ROBERTSON, J AS. 0. OLoTWoRTHY. 

